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Remember this photo, at right? It was part of our item "The 2 Photo Scandals Rocking Hollywood," which also included a possible Iron Man infringement. But this photo was at the center of Slate's argument that United Artists may have Photoshopped a pic of Claus von Stauffenberg — who Tom Cruise plays in the ill-fated Valkyrie — to make the would-be Hitler assassin look more like the high-profile star playing him, all in an effort to appease Germans who were furious a Scientologist would be playing a national hero. Except as Slate now concludes in a correction:

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Jun 25, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond
Iron Man's paparazzi pic, plus Tom Cruise's edited Nazi shot

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Two eyebrow-raising Hollywood scandals popped up this week, one including an actual eyebrow! Must we make Tinseltown worry about anything other than budgets and insuring Lindsay Lohan?

First up, the battle between Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment and paparazzo Ronnie Adams, who snapped a photo of Robert Downey Jr. on the set of big-budet action flick Iron Man while the movie was still filming.

As producers for the big and small screen continually battle back against potential spoilers, the studio demanded Adams remove the photo from his website, where he had posted it. He refused, but they eventually got to his web host, who yanked his account.

And then … his photo resurfaced. In Iron Man.

That's according to Adams' lawsuit, which claims that after all its complaining, Marvel used the copyrighted photo – after removing Adams' watermark – in a scene in the movie, showing a newspaper article headlined "Who is this Ironman." Fiscally savvy Adams, filing suit against the studios, now wants to get remunerated for his unsolicited efforts in contributing to this "pivotal scene."

So that's one photo scandal. This next one features Tom Cruise and Nazis! And an eyebrow!

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Jun 18, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 8 Responses

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The drive-in movie theatre, an endangered species, turns 75 this year, so Wired compiled a handful of excellent photographs from readers remembering another era.

Jun 6, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond

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You know how on the Internet, companies like Google know what you're reading, and place contextual ads next to that content? Which might explain why you sometimes see ads for Scientology and TomCruise.com on this here website?

Well here's an example of what happens when you go offline and experience untargeted advertising.

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May 20, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond